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A federal appellate court in Richmond became the first in the country to rule that state health-care plans must pay for gender-affirming surgeries, a major win for transgender rights amid a nationwide wave of anti-trans activism and legislation.
The decision came from a set of cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia, where state officials argued that their policies were based on cost concerns rather than bias. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit rejected that argument, saying the plans were discriminating against trans people in need of treatment.
It’s the second ruling in favor of trans rights this month from the 4th Circuit, a once-conservative court that has become a trailblazer in the realm of transgender rights. The court was the first to say trans students had a right to use the bathrooms that align with their gender identity and the first to recognize gender dysphoria as a protected disability. Earlier this month, the court said a federally funded middle school could not ban a trans 13-year-old from playing on the girls’ track and field team.
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The 4th Circuit has 15 judges, 1 appointed by Reagan, 1 appointed by George HW Bush, 2 by Clinton, 1 by George W Bush, 3 by Obama, 3 by Trump, and 3 by Biden. The newest Biden appointee, Nicole Berner, was only seated just last month. Berner is a Lesbian, famous for among other things suing Israel in 2000 to force the Israeli government to recognize the children of same sex parents as being equally both their parent's child on documents like birth certificates and passports. She's only the 5th LGBT Judge at the Appeals Court level, 3 of whom are Biden appointees. Elections matter.
#Trans rights#trans healthcare#trans hope#court#lgbt rights#queer#trans#news#information#politics#Thanks Biden
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trans joy is a first binder a class where no one knows your deadname and hoping and planning and living
🤍!
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I’VE GOT MY APPOINTMENT FOR MY FIRST T SHOT SCHEDULED ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
#TRANS JOY#TRANS HAPPINESS#TRANS LOVE#TRANS HOPE#TRANSMASC#TRANS MAN#PEACE AND LOVE ON PLANET EARTH#IT’S NEXT YEAR BUT I’M HYPED
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I long for the day I look in the mirror and see myself. I long for the day my face looks right and my beard covers my acne scars. I long for the day my leg hair gets thicker and darker and people will see me and without hesitation say "he." I long for the day I will run my hands over my chest and feel my skin, flat. I long for when I'll be shirtless and my voice will be mine and my pants will sit right because whats in them will be correct and I can't wait until I'm finally happy. It'll happen. It has to.
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Keep going.
its hard
I know, but you have to keep going.
why
Because. Because there are kids out there- like you. Because they deserve to know that people like them exist. Because they deserve to know that someone- anyone. Will fight for them. That there is someone out there who has fought through ever hard thing they’ve ever faced. And lived. That they can live too.
it’s not fair
It never is. But there are people like you too- older, wiser. People who have survived and lived and fought and are happy. You will not be the only one standing on the other side. You’ve never been the only one standing on the other side.
where are they?
I don’t know. I wish I did- I’d run to them, drag myself to them in a heartbeat- throw myself into their open arms and cry and cry and cry til my throat was raw. But they are there. Somewhere.
I want to be one
You will be. You just have to keep going. You will find them (have found some) and you will turn back toward those still running and open your arms and say
Finally- Finally you’ve made it. I’ve been so excited for you to get here too.
Maybe
Not maybe, you’ll do it. You have to. And then you’ll grab the fucking goal posts and you will move the finish to the start and then rip them out of the ground entirely. And you will say
No more. No more running, no more racing. Welcome- all of you, each of you, the fight is over we have won and I am so proud of you.
You sound so sure
I have to be. You need you too.
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This is an older article from June, but I wanted to share this wonderful celebration of Black trans people!
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If for you it's or transitioning or death know there are always other options
Even in countries where it's banned
Just know you might need to cross the law and take the risk
But that's better than your death
If it's diy hormones (Just read the risks and how to do so safely especially with t wich is a controlled substance)
If it's getting from someone who is hoarding hormones or you can ask someone cis you trust with your life to try to get you illegally
If it's moving to a diffarant country or place the moment you get the money working or gofundme
Or finding away to run away from a country where it's fully illegal to leave it
And there are more I didn't even think about just think and get creative
We should not be living in fear to begin with
But at least we the trans community should be living
That's why I'm telling you options either than death
I'm not saying any of this is going to be easy
But I'm staying
You can still choose life and your own body hope
And 1 day it may not be so risky ones more it's just a matter of time and work
So please stay to reach it
#transrights
#trans#trans rights#trans life#transgender#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtq+#lgbtqia#alphabet#my post#I just had to speak#trans hope#suicide mention
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Boutta tell my ma AGAIN that i want to be called Mike and not Cloud :D (cloud is old pref name)
Wish me luck
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Ok transmascs: I've thought I was in conflict with myself lately. I thought I had to choose between being a man and having a baby. And I mean CARRYING my own child. As a man.
Yes it IS possible but I did not know this until very recently. Like last night kind of recently. I was sobbing at this article cuz I feel so...validated?...I feel so much hope and joy knowing I can have a child AND have taken hrt beforehand.
Here's the article: https://time.com/4475634/trans-man-pregnancy-evan/
It's long but if you're like me, a trans man considering bearing your own child and chestfeeding...it's well worth the read.
Also here's a group for trans people having children, it's in the article too but I'll post it here cuz this community is beautiful and needs to be heard: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TransReproductiveSupport/?ref=share&mibextid=SDPelY
I seriously can't say enough about how happy this made me feel. When I first found out I'm a man, I was extremely happy. Then I realized I wanted to bear my own child still and got really depressed because the thought of choosing between being a man and bearing my own child seemed an impossible choice with regrets on both sides. I had even chosen to be the man I am and forego having kids, since it's VERY important to me that my body matches the man I am (I haven't started hrt yet but will as soon as I can get the medical diagnosis requried).
BUT then I did some research on potentially just getting a tummy tuck so that my man body wouldnt be ruined after giving birth, and I stumbled upon the article mentioned above, and now I've been crying all morning cuz I'm just so happy.
I'm not less of a man for wanting to give birth. I can even still chestfeed because as a pagan I want my child to have the most natural upbringing. My child will likely have two dads and I'll be the birth parent 💖 this is so beautiful and I couldn't be happier. We are valid, you glorious handsome men.
#trans#transmasc#birthparent#chestfeed#chestfeeding#man#male#givingbirth#pregnantman#you are valid#you are handsome#pregnant man#new family#new family style#the making of a new american family#trans issues#trans healthcare#trans pride#trans hope#trans happiness#pride#there is hope
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looking into the mirror, i often see
the man i no longer wish to be
yet, off to the side
from the corner of my eye
i catch a glimpse of a girl peering back; it’s me
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Words alone cannot express the joy, tears cannot demonstrate the team relief that I feel.
I looked up "Erin's Informed Consent HRT map" and the area me and my wife will be moving to has a clinic that does it.
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Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?
I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?
In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".
Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.
This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.
Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.
The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.
[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]
There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.
This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.
[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]
As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.
But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?
Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.
#transgender#trans history#transsexual#transphobia#Magnus Hirschfeld#holocaust#holocaust denial#book burning#j.k. rowling#jk rowling#just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :)#trans people have always existed#and we will always exist#if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit#queer history#queer#lgbt+#lgbta+#lgbt#lgbt history#edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month#also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it#it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs#and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had#also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2#Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices#considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived
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Had a dream where Johnny from “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” came out as a trans woman and the response was so unanimously positive it reversed nearly all of the transphobic bills in the South. She played live in Georgia to an audience of about a third of the US.
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A win for trans rights!!!!!! 🏳️⚧️
The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (self-identify law) allows trans and intersex people to change their name and gender in the civil registry much more easily than before by submitting a self-disclosure form. This will be possible starting on the 1. November 2024 while the self-disclosure forms can be submitted as early as 1. August 2024 because of the 3 month waiting period in the law. After a name and gender change the person will be barred from changing it again for one year. People of ages 14-17 will need the approval of a legal guardian to change their gender and name while for children under 14 the legal guardians can submit a form for the change.
[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz has passed in the German Bundestag' to Cas' 'I love you'. /End ID]
#trans rights#trans#germany#self id law#destiel news channel#destiel meme#i hope i explained it well#transgender#intersex
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TBH that might even thiner they avrage
#transfem#lesbian#game dev#game design#t4t lesbian#196#video games#wlw#trans#r/196#rule#twitter#twitter screenshot#beautiful body#body positivity#that's my girl#Out there on twitter#having fun#I hope
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I was driving up to a friend’s for the weekend on Friday and nearly broke down in tears because I saw a billboard on the side of a southern highway. It had the same yellow background with red text that those awful, ubiquitous “Jesus Saves!” billboards have. I nearly missed it.
It said:
“Rejoice! God loves trans kids!”
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